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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday May 6, 1992 chemo Byl area wildfires spread radioactive Ash were simply deserted.30 suspected terrorists arrested in French raids from wire reports Paris a French police arrested about 30 people monday suspected of links to the Basque separatist group Eta widening a Campaign aimed at preventing violent disruptions of expo �?T92 or the summer olympics. The raids were conducted in Paris Brittany and the Basque country bordering Spain the government said. The names of those arrested were not  police kill 4 Ankara Turkey a keeping up their crackdown on a leftist terrorist group police killed four suspects in an overnight operation Ankara a police chief announced tuesday. Chief Mehmet can seven said the terrorists were members of Dev sol revolutionary Road. Police seized a rocket launcher guns ammunition and explosives during the raids he  visits nato Brussels Belgium a japanese defense minister Sohei Miyashita visited nato Headquarters monday for discussions on the Western Alliance and the changing Security Structure in Europe. A we brought him up to Date with All that is happening at nato a said Amedeo de Franchis Deputy Secretary general of the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty  recuperating Brussels Belgium nato Secretary general Manfred Worner is expected to return to work later this month after undergoing surgery for an intestinal ailment the Alliance said monday. A statement from the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization said Wymer 57, was released from a German Hospital sunday a for a Short period of  seize hashish Middelburg Netherlands a customs agents have seized 22,000 pounds of hashish during a routine Check on a fishing trawler authorities said monday. The drugs estimated at a Street value of $21.5 million had been concealed in two Gas tanks in the Craft. The statement said three people had been arrested in connection with the haul Friday in the fishing Village of Hans Weert about 75 Miles Southwest of  fight Aegean Slick Athens Greece a a greek tugboats battled a Large Oil Slick threatening resort islands in the Aegean sea dumping detergent on the 500,000-gallon spill caused by a russian Tanker collision maritime officials said monday. The 28,259-ton russian Tanker Geroni Cherno Morya smashed into the 3,200-ton russian freighter Sigurda on sunday dumping 2,000 metric tons of Oil that spread into a Slick 4 Miles Long and 1 mile wide the greek ministry of merchant Marine  planned for family killed in Berlin area crash berlins amps a a memorial service will be held at noon May 13 at the american Community Chapel in Berlin Dahlem for spec. Christian n. Wilson and his family. Wilson a Supply specialist at Fin then army Airfield in Mainz was killed april 19 in a vehicle Accident near Berlin. Also killed were his wife Alexandra and 16-month-old daughter Amanda. Christian Wilson a parents Nuel and Brigette Wilson live in Berlin As does Alexandra Wilson smother Renate Dunker. The family asks that donations be made to the Shrin Erst Hospital for crippled children. The address is . Box 31356, attn Burns Institute Tampa Fla. 33631-3356. Moscow a wildfires caused by hot dry weather Are burning grass and Brush in the chernobyl area and the flying Ash is spreading radiation from the 1986 nuclear disaster the itar Tass news Agency reported monday. In the last two Days firefighters have extinguished about 100 fires in the Gomel Region of Belarus just North of the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant the Agency said. On april 26, 1986, a reactor at chernobyl exploded and burned spewing radiation worldwide. The current fires Are particularly intense in villages that have been evacuated since the chernobyl disaster itar Tass said. Radioactive dust from chernobyl contaminated dozens of villages. Radioactive topsoil was removed from some areas but Many Fields forests and settlements Hoof Dorp Netherlands a the newest weapon in this towns War on too much rubbish is a computerized trash can that registers garbage output. The experimental computer monitoring of trash has been so effective at persuading people to Recycle More and throw away less that the town Hopes to adopt the system by 1994. Municipal spokeswoman Inge Pastoor credited the Cash incentive program for a 12.7 percent drop in the amount of trash put out weekly. During the 23-week Experiment Coin sized semiconductor wafers were affixed to the rims of 1,580  opens Nicosia Cyprus apr iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani inaugurated the fifth Tehran International Book fair on monday with publishers from More than 30 countries participating. A Sfanjani said the exhibition to run through May 15, would improve Iran a culture and strengthen the basis of the nations islamic revolution Tehran radio reported. A this fair Aims at creating connections among different publishers and preparing grounds for researchers and scholars students and teachers to be informed of the latest scientific achievements in the world As Well As to urge people to read books a the president was quoted As saying. Itar Tass said the fires Are stirring up radioactive matter and the Ash a is spreading Over significant distances poisoning settlements and  the Agency did not give any details of How much radiation was spread by the fires or the geographical extent of the contamination. More than 100,000 people were forced to leave their Homes in Ukraine and Belarus because of contamination after the chernobyl Plant exploded. The official death toll from the 1986 Accident was 32. But some ukrainian doctors and environmental activists say at least 250 people have died and the toll could reach 10,000, counting deaths from cancer and other radiation related diseases. Containers in one neighbourhood. Many towns provide Standard trash cans to facilitate trash collection in this densely populated nation. A garbage truck computer tracked the number of times the coded containers were emptied during the test period. Residents who put their trash cans out for collection less than twice a month qualified for a $16.10 Bonus. But there were several reports of people dumping their trash illegally to claim the Bonus. A it is a system that Only works if the residents cooperate a Pastoor  Book fair the radio monitored in Nicosia said 565 foreign publishers from 33 countries with 47,000 Book titles and 900 scientific publications Are participating. The event also includes about 430 iranian publishing companies and 65 children a books publishers with More than 17,600 titles the radio said. German publishers were barred in protest of a ban on iranians at Frankfurt a 1991 Book fair because of the iranian death edict against British author Salman Rushdie. Rushdie has been in hiding for three years since the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said the Indian born writers novel the satanic verses blasphemed islam and called on muslims to kill him. A Humpback to Victory algerian me Ptah do Tyena raises his arms in Triumph it Tyena completed the 26-mile race in 2 hours 32 min sunday after his mount crossed the finish line first in utes bettering the previous Mark of 2 hours 40 min the second world Camel Marathon at Doug Tunisia. Utes set in the first Camel Marathon two years ago. Computer plan cuts trash town says  
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